About New Zealand Scholarship assessment
Assessment for New Zealand Scholarship is held externally at the end of each school year.
We aim to provide New Zealand Scholarship results to candidates about mid-February in the year following assessment.
Generally, New Zealand Scholarship assessments are taken by Year 13 students studying towards NCEA Level 3.
Passing grades for New Zealand Scholarship
There are 2 passing grades for New Zealand Scholarship assessments:
- Scholarship (S)
- Outstanding Scholarship (O)
Cut scores
The New Zealand Scholarship score ranges provide the scores required for Scholarship and Outstanding Scholarship in each subject. They show how your results compare to those of other New Zealand Scholarship students.
These are made available once New Zealand Scholarship results are released each year.
See below for links to results from recent years.
On this page
Overall scholarship results
Find out how many students have achieved Scholarship or Outstanding Scholarship, and the various special awards such as the Top Subject Scholarship Awards in previous years:
Overall Scholarship results 2024
Overall Scholarship results 2023
Overall Scholarship results 2022
Overall Scholarship results 2021
Overall Scholarship results 2020
Overall Scholarship results 2019
Similar result data for the years back to 2007 can be made available to serious researchers on request. Email us at prs@nzqa.govt.nz
Accessing your results
You can access your New Zealand Scholarship assessment results from about mid-February in the year following assessment. You can find your results online in the learners portal.
New Zealand Scholarship reconsideration and review forms and New Zealand Scholarship monetary award application forms are available from the learners portal.
Monetary awards
If you're eligible for a monetary award, information about how to apply will be displayed with your New Zealand Scholarship results.
Reconsiderations and reviews
After looking closely at your marked exams, portfolios, and Performance Summary Cards when they have been returned in February, you may want to apply for a review or reconsideration of your result.